I’m Rob.
I live in Boulder, CO.
I am the cofounder of EventVue.Rob JohnsonTumblr (3.0; @robjohnson)http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/Josh is featured in the latest Techstars Founders video.<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/12918404?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" title=""We're Not Alone" The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 6" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Josh is featured in the latest Techstars Founders video.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/MbtVCONNlhg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/MbtVCONNlhg/753883386http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/753883386Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:33:14 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/753883386Money quote from danah boyd's piece about facebook as a utility<blockquote>
<p><span>I just wish that Facebook would’ve taken a more responsible path so that we wouldn’t have to deal with what’s coming. And I wish that they’d realize that the people they’re screwing are those who are most vulnerable already, those whose voices they’ll never hear if they don’t make an effort.</span></p>
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<p><span>Read the entirety of danah boyd&rsquo;s argument that <a href="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/05/15/facebook-is-a-utility-utilities-get-regulated.html">facebook is a utility and should be regulated</a>.</span></p>
<p><span>When I hang out with my nontech friends now, they want me to talk about why facebook is scary. They don&rsquo;t understand what changed, but they know something did.</span></p>
<p><span>My answer is now the same. I don&rsquo;t trust facebook anymore. I used to love what they were trying to accomplish - making the web more open and encouraging people to share information more often - but now I question their motives too often.</span></p>
<p><span><span>This is important. When you sign on people for a mission that sounds like &ldquo;make the world a better place&rdquo; you&rsquo;re asking at some level for a selfless decision. Obama asked for our support for hope &amp; remaking the face of america. It&rsquo;s a big ask, one requiring a huge chunk of trust.</span></span></p>
<p>Facebook got similar trust from us in the beginning. I wanted to participate in their movement. I wanted the web &amp; facebook to lead a revolution where individuals had more of their ideas heard. More of the voices listened to. And yes, that has happened. But now i just think they want to conquer, one optimized user sign up form at a time.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/miBaPCscMz8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/miBaPCscMz8/604262845http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/604262845Sun, 16 May 2010 11:31:08 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/604262845Caterpillar Cowboy: How Facebook will win the Internet and why that scares the shit out of me<a href="http://caterpillarcowboy.com/post/543176806/how-facebook-will-win-the-internet-and-why-that-scares">Caterpillar Cowboy: How Facebook will win the Internet and why that scares the shit out of me</a>: <blockquote>
<p>(This post is a longer take on the things mentioned <a href="http://caterpillarcowboy.com/post/538709847/8-quick-thoughts-on-f8">here</a> and <a href="http://caterpillarcowboy.com/post/538833411/soupsoup-peterfeld-facebook-needs-to-be">here</a>.)</p>
<p><strong>Pre-condition #1: Identity</strong></p>
<p>Facebook, with <a href="http://developers.facebook.com/plugins">the release of social plugins</a>, has officially announced that they believe they are the Internet’s digital identity system*. How so? Their new social plugins — Like buttons,…</p>
</blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/AeEb56dnF8E" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/AeEb56dnF8E/544405072http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/544405072Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:57:13 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/544405072THE COMMENTS! AHAHAHAHA THE COMMENTS!<a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php">THE COMMENTS! AHAHAHAHA THE COMMENTS!</a>: <p><a href="http://fascinated.fm/post/384150104/the-comments-ahahahaha-the-comments">fascinated</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://catslock.com/post/383881049/the-comments-ahahahaha-the-comments">zoya</a>:</p>
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<p>laughing through my tears:</p>
<blockquote>Dear visitors from Google. This site is not Facebook. This is a website called ReadWriteWeb that reports on news about Facebook and other Internet services. To access Facebook right now, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">click here</a>. For future reference, type “facebook.com” into your browser address bar or enter “facebook” into Google and click on the first result. We recommend that you then save Facebook as a bookmark in your browser.</blockquote>
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</blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/NVsAY07hZnU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/NVsAY07hZnU/385120835http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/385120835Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:41:39 -0700http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/385120835Shutting down EventVue.<p>I use this blog for 2 reasons - to share stuff with personal friends (you&rsquo;d have to be a friend to care about what i say here) and to mark events and thoughts that I consider to be important in my life.</p>
<p>This week Josh and I decided to shut down EventVue. We&rsquo;ve been working on it for 3 years now and I&rsquo;ve given a lot of myself to its success. (If you know me really well, you know that i&rsquo;ve given too much to it).</p>
<p>We learned a ton over the past 3 years and I made an effort to at least document what happened on <a href="http://bit.ly/cFu3Bv">our blog</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks to all of you who have been supporters of us over the past 3 years. I&rsquo;m already starting to look forward to what is next.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/1kyuOcAwljk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/1kyuOcAwljk/374683585http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/374683585Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:58:47 -0700http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/374683585Relaunch of EventVue.<p>We relaunched <a href="http://eventvue.com">EventVue</a> today and i&rsquo;m very excited about it. The immediacy of the realtime web has created the possibility for a whole new experience around events. Because short messages can be shared so easily and distributed so quickly on the realtime web, we think that the time has come where people can truly connect at events in a way not seen before.</p>
<p>Now, when you are interested in the <a href="http://www.eventvue.com/eventvuerelaunch">State of the Union address</a> and are watching it on TV, you can actually connect with other people watching it all across the world in real time. Or when you&rsquo;re interested in a conference in your industry, but can&rsquo;t attend, you can share you ideas or suggestions and watch them actually make it back into the conversation in the conference hall.</p>
<p>The realtime web is a revolutionary force for events and we&rsquo;re relaunching EventVue in hopes of pushing it forward. You can read more about our relaunch on <a href="http://bit.ly/bDfpgZ">our blog</a>, and you can go check out the response to the relaunch at <a href="http://eventvue.com/eventvuerelaunch">#eventvuerelaunch</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/uxDkwNHFd0Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/uxDkwNHFd0Q/358666397http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/358666397Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:22:20 -0700http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/358666397I’m been completely captivated by Mumford & Sons this...<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_326000792" src="http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/326000792/audio_player_iframe/robjohnson/tumblr_kw0d5exVQ11qz7n2k?audio_file=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Frobjohnson%2F326000792%2Ftumblr_kw0d5exVQ11qz7n2k" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="540" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I’m been completely captivated by Mumford & Sons this week after discovering them through the excellent <a target="_blank" href="http://hypem.com/zeitgeist/2009">2009 Hype Machine Zeitgeist</a>. There is so much to love about their music and I am blown away by the excellent banjo melodies behind the hymn-like choruses.</p>
<p>This song is one of my favorites and shows the depth of emotion in their songs. In many of their lyrics like “Night has always pushed up day / You must know life to see decay” i sense the voice of hope from brokenness that I connect with so well.</p>
<p>You really have to listen to this. And if anyone wants to go to their show in San Francisco on Feb 11, I could be convinced to fly out there…</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/eB38OA6JsQo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/eB38OA6JsQo/326000792http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/326000792Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:51:00 -0700http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/326000792the pictures from the event of the cadets was the most moving...<img src="http://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku0t2fDXlW1qz5gjio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>the pictures from the event of the cadets was the most moving part</p>
<p><a href="http://fredwilson.vc/post/266143360/im-glad-he-went-to-west-point-and-told-them">fred-wilson</a>:</p>
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<p>i’m glad he went to west point and told them directly because they are the ones who are going to pay the heaviest price</p>
</blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/L1jDHIy2zto" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/L1jDHIy2zto/267032755http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/267032755Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:12:27 -0700http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/267032755azspot:
David Fitzsimmons
<img src="http://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktf34n3X0a1qz4sr8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://azspot.net/post/250941411/david-fitzsimmons">azspot</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.cagle.com/working/091117/fitzsimmons.jpg">David Fitzsimmons</a></p>
</blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/0_AXAU3AJuA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/0_AXAU3AJuA/250944528http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/250944528Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:02:07 -0700http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/250944528bijan:
Congrats Anthony.
You rock.
(via 30 Under 30 -...<img src="http://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqta68tRIU1qz4j35o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bijansabet.com/post/201358604/congrats-anthony-you-rock-via-30-under-30">bijan</a>:</p>
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<p>Congrats <a href="http://twitter.com/fascinated">Anthony</a>.</p>
<p>You rock.</p>
<p>(via <a href="http://www.inc.com/30under30/2009/profile_hype_machine.html">30 Under 30 - Inc.</a>)</p>
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<p>congrats anthony - hype machine is awesome.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/GpVycNDmr3A" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/GpVycNDmr3A/201830441http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/201830441Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:52:05 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/201830441"too many have remained silent behind the anesthetizing security of stained-glass windows"““too many have remained silent behind the anesthetizing security of stained-glass windows””<br/><br/> - <em><p>- Martin Luther King Jr in Letter from a Birmingham Jail.</p>
<p>May this never be said of my generation.</p></em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/vRBmUApLvHo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/vRBmUApLvHo/198734664http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/198734664Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:18:47 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/198734664388. If you don't know what a knob does, don't fool with it.<p>(via <a href="http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com/">rulesformyunbornson</a>)</p>
<p>COROLLARY: buttons are made to be pushed.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/jYpeLocc_2w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/jYpeLocc_2w/183725779http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/183725779Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:33:54 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/183725779"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than..."“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”<br/><br/> - <em>Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933) - found via <a href="http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/09/failure.html#comment-16253503" target="_blank">JLM</a></em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/zopjZNP3Xd0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/zopjZNP3Xd0/183724451http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/183724451Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:31:00 -0600rememberinghttp://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/183724451On Urban Outfitters now selling fixies<p>A friend of mine, known around here as DJ Double A, had this to say about Urban Outfitters <a href="http://bikes.urbanoutfitters.com/">now selling fixies</a>:</p>
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<p>How cheap are these things to produce, if urban outfitters sells $25 tshirts but can sell these for 400 bucks. They must be total crap.</p>
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<blockquote>But what does it matter when you can get double-takes on your bodacious pink rims with checkered slip-on vans, tight girl jeans rolled to the calf, white punk rock belt, and a sleevless tshirt to show off your arm tats on the way to sit at the heroin-chic, bohemian, 2-cool-4-school, coffee joint to sip an organic free-trade 6 dollar espresso so you post tweets from your smartphone while reading dharma bums, hoping somebody notices.</blockquote>
<p>Best hipster rant ever.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/qAHCPJFxIq8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/qAHCPJFxIq8/140871905http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/140871905Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:47:38 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/140871905Great idea from Nike & Livestrong - Chalkbot. Send messages...<img src="http://78.media.tumblr.com/XGLdy7atUpl4b0da1ply4p2xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Great idea from Nike & Livestrong - <a href="https://twitter.com/chalkbot">Chalkbot</a>. Send messages of hope to be printed on the road during the Tour de France.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/jbBxJeDZxlE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/jbBxJeDZxlE/136578062http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/136578062Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:16:20 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/136578062Good luck Lance.<img src="http://78.media.tumblr.com/XGLdy7atUpihul8fPWHXiZyno1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Good luck <a href="http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong">Lance</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/-7Q69rMI3Ck" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/-7Q69rMI3Ck/135541764http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/135541764Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:12:10 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/135541764I’m craving some SC barbeque about now. The best in the...<img src="http://78.media.tumblr.com/XGLdy7atUp2rfi5ejZZCtOfjo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>I’m craving some SC barbeque about now. The best in the whole state has got to be <a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/61/660002/restaurant/Charleston/A-M-Browns-BBQ-Moncks-Corner">Brown’s Barbeque</a>.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/5Mlt_xiUIOk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/5Mlt_xiUIOk/128986241http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/128986241Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:56:03 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/128986241"She replies that life never presents us with a single big question, that every day, he’s being asked..."“She replies that life never presents us with a single big question, that every day, he’s being asked to choose, and that each time he misses an appointment or doesn’t make it home, he’s making his choice.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://www.chrisyeh.com/">Chris Yeh</a> in a <a href="http://steveblank.com/2009/06/15/lies-entrepreneurs-tell-themselves/#comment-584">comment</a> on Steve Blank’s <a href="http://steveblank.com/2009/06/15/lies-entrepreneurs-tell-themselves/">post</a> about the ugliness of startup workaholics.</p>
<p>I think this is true beyond the context of just this comment - most of my big decisions were made daily over time and rarely in one moment.</p></em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/A_dyi4Nz5m0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/A_dyi4Nz5m0/124106664http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/124106664Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:07:00 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/124106664"This generation will determine if the world can avoid the apocalypse that will come if the..."“This generation will determine if the world can avoid the apocalypse that will come if the fear-ridden establishments continue to dominate global politics, motivated by terror, armed with nukes, and playing old but now far too dangerous games.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>from <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/the-revolution-will-be-twittered-1.html">Andrew Sullivan</a>.</p>
<p>As my friend Justin said: I do hope the next generation will end the dangerous war games of our fathers. That is something to hope for.</p></em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/pSZgfaIVWcc" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/pSZgfaIVWcc/123504118http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/123504118Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:25:15 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/123504118Yes, this is the siphon pot coffee from blue bottle. Todd...<img src="http://78.media.tumblr.com/bhKTvCKNAoiblpc5kY8WXDc7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yes, this is the siphon pot coffee from blue bottle. <a href="http://twitter.com/toddsampson">Todd Sampson</a> first introduced me to this place and it’s now a must-visit on every trip to San Fran.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.marco.org/120600457">marco</a>:</p>
<blockquote>Decidedly not Peet’s. Blue Bottle Cafe, San Francisco.</blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJohnson/~4/0KT-I9J6EK4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RobJohnson/~3/0KT-I9J6EK4/120966105http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/120966105Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:23:55 -0600http://robjohnson.tumblr.com/post/120966105